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Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: “Recovering St. Paul’s Fish Hatchery: A ‘Pretty Little Valley’ with Idyllic Charm”
Robert StummRecovering St. Paul’s Fish Hatchery: A ‘Pretty Little Valley’ with Idyllic Charm Author: Robert Stumm Minnesota’s first state fish hatchery occupied an obscure angle of St. Paul, just south of Indian Mounds Park near the railroad yards and, later, the sewage treatment plant. For a few decades it was not only…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: “The Earl of Selkirk and His Utopian Dream”
Ronald M. HubbsThe Earl of Selkirk and His Utopian Dream Author: Ronald M. Hubbs Some of the first, and still remembered, settlers of St. Paul were refugees from the Selkirk Colony near today’s Winnipeg. This short piece tells the story of its conception, creation, creators, and fate. Its failure was Minnesota’s gain.
Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: “What’s Historic About This Site? The St. Anthony Park Branch Library”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? The St. Anthony Park Branch Library This is one of four Carnegie library buildings in St. Paul. This short, one-page article tells the story of its creation and its intimate relation with the Ramsey County Historical Society. PDF of Historic Site …
Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyAlbro Martin, James J. Hill and the Opening of the Northwest (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976; paperback reprint edition, St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991). Carl Crislock, Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1991: “St. Paul’s First Shot Veterans: The Crew of the U.S.S. Ward and the Attack on Pearl Harbor”
Jane McClureSt. Paul’s First Shot Veterans: The Crew of the U.S.S. Ward and the Attack on Pearl Harbor Author: Jane McClure The U.S.S. Ward, a destroyer, served in combat for precisely three years, December 7, 1941 to December 6, 1944. Manned by naval reservists from St. Paul, the Ward saw combat…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1991: “Help, Housing ‘Almost Impossible to Find’: A Single Mother and World War II”
Hilda RacheyHelp, Housing ‘Almost Impossible to Find’: A Single Mother and World War II Author: Hilda Rachey The trials of a young, single, working mother of two in St. Paul during World War II. She had to scramble time and again to find housing and child care (both often inadequate), deal…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1991: “100 Years of Helping People: Family Service and Its Legacy of Leadership”
Tom Kelley100 Years of Helping People: Family Service and Its Legacy of Leadership Author: Tom Kelley Family Service, Inc., a social service agency, began in St. Paul in 1892 and has lasted one hundred years. Beginning as Associated Charities, an information clearinghouse for the coordination of private charity for…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1991: “What’s Historic About This Site? St. Paul’s Union Depot”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? St. Paul’s Union Depot The Union Depot opened in 1923, after the railroad age had peaked. The last passenger train stopped there in 1970. It has been searching for a purpose ever since. It is very fine nevertheless; “a simple, rather severe example of the…